A countdown timer has appeared on the website of Gas Powered Games, under the heading Project W. The teaser page points to a reveal in mid-January, and refers to Gas Powered Games as the team behind Total Annihilation, Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander. Gas Powered Games put Chris Taylor’s passion project Kings and Castles on […]

Age of Empires Online has gone free-to-play, Gas Powered Games has announced. Previously only free-to-try, all content is now available through in-game purchased or microtransactions. “We probably turned off a lot of players who would’ve kept playing had they been given the option to earn a Premium Civilization,” systems design lead Eric Williamsontold PC Gamer. […]

Gas Powered Games’ Demigod debuted in 2009 to a very mixed response. Most people said the game was pretty great when it wasn’t malfunctioning or the download service wasn’t glitching out. Today it was announced that the game will be available on Steam as well. So now you can compete to be amongst the pantheon […]

“If you’re wondering where PC gaming is going next, this is where it’s going. It’s a huge shift. I’m glad we arrived here, it’s a long time since our industry has been this exciting.” — Gas Powered Games founder Chris Taylor speaking to VentureBeat on Age of Empires Online’s launch day. Thanks, IndustryGamers.

Here’s a new developer diary for Age of Empires Online, part of a marketing campaign which has turned slightly kooky since Gas Powered Games took over. The latest episode explains the different tiers of equipment and how to get ’em, and features the antics of two carefully voiced puppets.

Freemium, free-to-play, the reason your dog’s house is now technically nicer than your own – call it whatever you want. Point is, it’s making waves, and Age of Empires Online’s Chris Taylor thinks it’s far from finished. In fact, when the dust settles, he thinks it’ll be all that’s left.